Friday, December 26, 2014

Currie's Gratitude 26 December 2014

“Then you should say
what you mean," the March Hare went on.
"I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I
say--that's the same thing, you know."
"Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "You might just as
well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat
what I see!”[Lewis Carroll]

This is the trickiest part of writing. I know the “backstory”
of what I am writing, I understand each and every leap from lily pad to lily
pad, and I am pretty sure I DO know what it is I mean. Still, when I wrap it up
inside words and paragraphs and page, DO I really have the first clue what YOU
will understand?!

And really, is that the point of writing, that someone
should BE understanding, or is it an act that gives EVERYTHING in the simplest
DOing of it?!

Child, to say the very
thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what
you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.[C.S. Lewis]

YES!! I love this piece of the puzzle that is writing. The
words and the letters and the organising of it all into something that can BE
read…

2 comments:

I know exactly what you mean! I discovered when I went to college at 48 years old that I was used to journaling and writing letters to people I knew--who also knew my backstory and could read between the lines. Had no idea how vague I could be to strangers--LOL! I haven't noticed you do that much, though. :)